Oxygen

Occurrence, isolation & synthesis


Occurrence


In nature, oxygen is found in the Earth's crust, 46.6 % (w/w), and Earth's atmosphere, 20.95 % (v/v) [4]. The isotopes found in nature are 16O (99.759 %, stable), 17O (0.037 %, stable) and 18O (0.204 %, stable) [4].